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4. But not if he couldn't have gotten a replacement confirmed.

Wed May 24, 2017, 05:48 PM

May 2017

It's very likely the Senate would have refused to confirm anyone, saying that should be for the next President.

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How a dubious Russian document influenced the FBIs handling of the Clinton probe [View all] pnwmom May 2017 OP

Comey treated it like it was real. dalton99a May 2017 #1

But not if he couldn't have gotten a replacement confirmed. pnwmom May 2017 #4

That would be a true assumption. FarPoint May 2017 #10

I see some on the right and the left acting like the email was real OKNancy May 2017 #2

Comey is an idiot....Obama should have fired him a long time ago. Sancho May 2017 #5

The Senate would have refused to confirm anyone Obama appointed, pnwmom May 2017 #6

America needs to redo the election, or we are not a Democracy. Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #7

That's the only remedy, but there's no provision for it. Vinca May 2017 #8

I'm confused PRETZEL May 2017 #15

Right, the Russians did it. ucrdem May 2017 #16